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CURRICULUM OF THE POSTGRADUATE DOCTORAL STUDY OF KINESIOLOGY ON THE FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB
Dragan Milanovic, Vladimir Findak, Marjeta Misigoj-Durakovic,
Dinko Vuleta, Igor Jukic
1. General part
1.1. Name of the study: The postgraduate doctoral study of kinesiology.
1.2. The host and the realiser of the study: University of Zagreb - Faculty of Kinesiology.
1.3. Institutional strategy of development of doctoral study programmes
Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb, as the host and the realiser of the postgraduate doctoral study of kinesiology defines the institutional strategy within which it will take care of:
- continuous modernity of curricula in accordance with the expansion of perceptions within the field of kinesiology and interdisciplinary areas;
- openness towards engaging the services of visiting professors from abroad who teach certain areas of basic and applied kinesiology;
- inclusion of the doctoral study students in the implementation of existing and new scientific projects so that the postgraduate study regimen would become more similar to the study regimen of the full-time students;
- fostering the two-way mobility of students of kinesiology and other scientific fields;
- constant increase of the quality of teaching process in the sense of a greater ratio of seminar and interactive work in the teaching process;
- constant adaptation to new perceptions, new technologies for the purpose of establishing a stronger connection between scientific work and the teaching process.
2. Study programme description
2.1. The structure and organisation of the postgraduate doctoral study programme. The full-time study organisation and the part-time study organisation
The study curriculum is composed of four credit groups - three credit groups embrace study subjects for which lectures, seminars and practical classes (contact hours) are organised, whereas the fourth credit group presumes independent research activity of a student and her/his participation in national and international scientific and professional meetings, on the one hand, and the production and defence of a doctoral thesis project, as well as the very thesis production and defence, on the other.
The first credit group is composed of 9 methodologically oriented compulsory subjects. All students of the postgraduate doctoral study of
kinesiology are obliged to enrol on these study subjects in the first three semesters, with the time allocation of 260 contact hours and with 55 ECTS credits.
The second credit group consists of two subject subgroups. The first subgroup is comprised of the subjects divided into three elective modules, that is, three fields of applied kinesiology (Kinesiological Education/Kinesiology in Education, Kinesiology of Sport, and Kinesiological Recreation/Kinesiology in recreation) which students choose and on which they enrol according to their personal future interests and scientific preferences. The instruction in each of the three modules (consisiting of 5 to 7 subjects) is planned to be performed in 160 hours. Upon passing the prescribed examination in the selected module, a student will collect 35 ECTS credits. The second subgroup is comprised of the elective subjects, covering relevant areas of the fundamental and applied kinesiology, which enable additional education of the postgraduates and expansion of their knowledge and interests. Individual diversity (individualised study) of study programmes within the offered elective modules will be provided by a right of students to choose some subjects from the other elective modules offered or to choose several elective subjects from the postgraduate doctoral study of kinesiology taught at the Faculty of Kinesiology or from any other postgraduate curriculum taught at some other faculties within the University of Zagreb.
In such a way a student may choose the elective module Kinesiology of Sport and must enrol on at least five subjects (two mandatory and three elective), out of the seven offered in the respective module. The similar is valid for the other modules: from the six subjects offered in the module Kinesiological Recreation, a student is obliged to enrol on four (two mandatory and two elective), and from the five subjects offered in the elective module Kinesiological Education, a student is obliged to enrol on three (two mandatory and one elective). The stipulated remaining quota of two subjects a student may complete by freely choosing one or two subjects from the module selected, or from any other module of the doctoral study of kinesiology, or from the list of the offered elective subjects.
In each of the modules chosen, the student is obliged to enrol on the two mandatory study subjects as follows:
1) in the module Kinesiology of Sport: Kinesiology of
Психолого-педагогические аспекты физической культуры и спорта
Sport and Diagnostics of the Athletic Sport Condition,
2) in the module Kinesiological Recreation: Models of Kinesiological Programmes in Recreation and Diagnostics in Kinesiology of Recreation,
3) in the module Kinesiology in Education: Kinesiology in Education and Kinesiological Didactics in Education.
The third credit group is composed of both the elective subjects and elective selected topics, covering a variety of areas of the fundamental and applied kinesiology and of numerous adjacent and cognate interdisciplinary areas. The list of elective subjects will be stipulated by the postgraduate doctoral study operative syllabus each academic year. Within the third credit group the students are obliged to audit 60 hours of teaching and to collect 20 ECTS credits upon passing the examinations of the chosen elective
subjects and upon signatures of proof that they have audited the classes of the chosen selected topics.
The fourth credit group comprises various scholarly and research activities. The students demontrate their academic activity by participating in scientifis and professional seminars, meetings, symposia, conferences (one third of of the entire obligation) and by publishing their papers in journals and other publications (two thirds of the entire obligation). In such a way the students are obliged to collect the total of 30 ECTS credits. The production and the defence of doctoral thesis is a compound of the obligations of the fourth credit group. Within the framework of 30 contact hours and 1,280 hours of the total workload, the students will collect 40 ECTS credits for their thesis presentation.
2.2. The list of compulsory and elective subjects, elective modules and elective topics with the number of contact hours and ECTS ratings
No. 1st CREDIT GROUP - COMPULSORY SUBJECTS Code Semester CONTACT HOURS ECTS credits SUBJECT LEADER
1 Research Methodology in Kinesiology 1001 1 42 9 Full Professor Franjo Prot, PhD
2 Kinesiometry (Theory of Measurement in Kinesiology) 1002 1 24 5 Full Professor NataSa Viskic-Stalec, PhD
3 Methods of Data Analysis in Kinesiology 1003 1&2 42 9 Full Professor Natasa Viskic-Stalec, PhD
4 Kinesiological Anthropology - Biological Aspects 1004 2&3 28 5 Full Professor Marjeta Miäigoj-Durakovic, PhD
5 Kinesiological Anthropology - Psychological and Sociological Aspects 1005 2&3 28 5 Associate Professor Ksenija Bosnar, PhD
6 Programming of Transformational Processes 1006 3&4 30 7 Full Professor Dusan Metikos, PhD
7 Research in Kinesiology of Sport 1007 1 22 5 Full Professor Dragan Milanovic, PhD
8 Research in Kinesiological Recreation 1008 2 22 5 Associate Professor Mirna Andrijasevic, PhD
9 Research in Kinesiology in Education 1009 2 22 5 Full Professor Vladimir Findak, PhD
Total 260 55
No. 2nd CREDIT GROUP SUBJECTS OF THE ELECTIVE MODULES ECTS
ELECTIVE MODULE: Code Semester CONTACT credits SUBJECT LEADER
KINESIOLOGY OF SPORTl HOURS
1 Kinesiology of Sport 2101 3&4 40 8 Full Professor Dragan Milanovic, PhD
2 Diagnostics of the Athletic Sport Condition 2102 3 30 6 Associate Professor Branka Matkovic, PhD
3 Biomechanical Methods 2103 4 20 5 Associate Professor Mladen MejovSek, PhD
4 Structure and Development of Motor Abilities 2104 3 16 4 Full Professor Dusan Metikos, PhD
5 Motor Learning 2105 5 16 4 Full Professor Smiljka Horga, PhD
6 Management of Sport 2106 5 14 3 Full Professor Mato Bartolud, PhD
7 Elective Groups of Sports 1. Kinesiological Analysis of Monostructural Sports 2. Kinesiological Analysis of Complex Sports 3. Kinesiological Analysis of Conventional-aesthetic Sports 4. Kinesiological Analysis of Polystructural Sports 5. Kinesiological Analysis in Basic Physical Conditioning 2107 5 24 5 Associate Professor Nada Griic-Zubcevic, PhD Associate Professor Goran Oreb, PhD Associate Professor Hrvoje Sertic, PhD Full Professor Dinko Vuleta, PhD Assistant Professor Igor Jukic, PhD
Total 160 35
No. 2nd credit group SUBJECTS OF THE ELECTIVE MODULES ELECTIVE MODULE: KINESIOLOGICAL RECREATION Code Semester CONTACT HOURS ECTS credits SUBJECT LEADER
1 Models of Kinesiological Programmes in Recreation 2201 3&4 46 9 Associate Professor Mima Andrija§evi6, PhD
2 Diagnostics in Kinesiology of Recreation 2202 3 24 6 Full Professor Stjepan Heimer, PhD
3 Sociology of Free Time 2203 4 20 4 Associate Professor Zoran Zugic, PhD
4 Physical Activity and Exercise in Chronic Disease Prevention 2204 3 32 8 Full Professor Maijeta Misigoj-Durakovic, PhD
5 Kinesiological Activities of People with a Disability 2205 5 18 4 Assistant Professor Dubravka Ciiiga, PhD
6 Management in Sport and Tourism 2206 5 20 4 Full Professor Mato Bartoluci, PhD
Total 160 35
No. 2nd CREDIT GROUP SUBJECTS OF THE ELECTIVE MODULES ELECTIVE MODULE: KINESIOLOGY IN EDUCATION Code Semester CONTACT HOURS ECTS credits SUBJECT LEADER
1 Kinesiology in Education 2301 3&4 36 8 Full Professor Vladimir Findak, PhD
2 Kinesiological Didactics in Education 2302 4&5 40 9 Full Professor Vladimir Findak, PhD
3 Matetics (Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning) 2303 3 22 5 Full Professor Vladimir Andrilovié, PhD
4 Comunication Science in Education 2304 3 30 6 Full Professor Pavao BrajSa, PhD
5 Diagnostics in Kinesiological Education 2305 4 32 7 Assistant Professor Boris Neljak, PhD
Total | 160 35
No. 2nd CREDIT GROUP ELECTIVE SUBJECTS (Faculty of Kinesiology) ECTS
(The student may choose 2 out of the 7 offered.) Code Semester Contact hoursl credits SUBJECT LEADERS
1 Dosage Prescription and Control of Workloads in Kinesiological Activities 2401 3-6 15 5 Doc.dr.sc. IgorJukic, PhD
2 Addiction Prevention 2402 3-6 15 5 Doc.dr.sc. Sasa Jankovic, PhD
3 Endocrinology of Physical Exercise 2403 3-6 15 5 Full Professor Katarina T. Borer, PhD Full Professor Marjeta Misigoj Durakovic, PhD
4 Pharmacology and Doping in Sport 2404 3-6 15 5 Full Professor Stepan Heimer, PhD
5 Expert Systems in Sports 2405 3-6 *15 5 Full Professor NataSa Viskic-Stalec, PhD
6 Multivariate Robust Models in Data Analysis and Structural Modelling 2406 3-6 15 5 Full Professor Petr BlahuiS, PhD Full Professor Franjo Prot, PhD
7 Genetic and Neural Factors in Adaptation of Musculoskeletal System 2407 3-6 15 5 Full Professor Joszef Tihany, PhD
Total | 30 10
Психолого-педагогические аспекты физической культуры и спорта
No. 2nd CREDIT GROUP ELECTIVE SUBJECTS (A selection from the postgraduate doctoral study curricula of other faculties within the University of Zagreb.) (The student may choose 2 out of the 7 offered.) Code Semester Contact hours ECTS credits SUBJECT LEADERS
SC 'WOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF ZAG REB
1 Oxidative Stress and Hypoxia (School of Medicine) G23 3-6 Full Professor Ratimir Klepac, PhD
2 Rehabilitation in Communitiy (School of Medicine) G146 3-6 Full Professor Ana Bobinac-Georgievski, PhD
3 Mechanisms of Gene Control (School of Medicine) G2 3-6 Full Professor DraSko Serman, PhD Full Professor Floriana Bulic-JakuS, PhD
4 From Disease to Genes - from Genes to Function: The Role of Recombinant Proteins in the Functional Genomics (School of Medicine) G13 3-6 Full Professor Kresimir Pavelic, PhD Full Professor Oliver Vugrek, PhD
FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB Postgraduate scientific study of the field of Biology, direction: 4 Biological Anthropology
5 Anthropological Models 4409 3-6 10+3+2 3.50 Full Professor V. Jovanovic, PhD
FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB Postgraduate scientific study of the field of Biology, direction: 1 Molecular and Cellular Biology
6 Gene Structure and Transcription 4112 3-6 20+10 6.60 ЗДЙо
I II
Total 30 10
3RD CREDIT GROUP ELECTIVE SUBJECTS AND SELECTED TOPICS Code | Semest er I CONTACT HOURS 1 ECTS credits I NOTES
Elective subjects-10 credits; Selected topics-10 credits L . J Rn (1 topic = 3 to 6 contact hours = 0.5 to 1 ECTS credit) ° 150 20 j
Total II I 60 150 20 j
4™ CREDIT GROUP I Semester I CONTACT I HOURS I ECTS I credits
jProof of scientific engagement (participation in meetings 1/3 of credits and the published papers 2/3 of credits) 1to6 120 30
¡DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (ELABORATION AND DEFENCE) 5&6 30 40
|Totai I I 150 I 70
ECTS
Overall total CONTACT HOURS credits
630 180
2.3. Rhythm of the study and students' obligations. The conditions for the academic progress, the conditions for enrolling in the following semester or trimester, that is. in the following academic year, and the preconditions for erolling on a certain subject or group of subjects (module-)
The postgraduate docotral study lasts three academic years, that is six semesters. The structure of the study is comprised of compulsory and elective subjects, the subjects of elective modules, selected topics, various scientific research activities (attendance at scientific lectures, participation in scientific meetings and published scientific and professional papers), and production and defence of a doctoral thesis. Academic obligations and workloads the students are subjected to are evenly distributed across the study curriculum. Such a structure of the study ensures the students an appropriate rhythm of studying and, together with congruous effort and continuous work, the completion of the selected study within an optimal time period.
The part-time students have actually to attend lectures scheduled across the semesters as follows: 1 st semester 108 contact hours, 2nd and 3rd semester 104 contact hours each, 4th semester 92 contact hours, 5th semester 66 contact hours, and 6th semester 6 contact hours, that is, they are supposed to audit the total of
480 contact hours. The other study-related obligations in all three study years for the part-time students include additional 120 hours (article writing, participation in conferences, seminars and attendance to the elected subjects, etc.), out of which 30 contact hours are dedicated to the direct consultations with the mentor concerning the preparation and production of, first, a project (outline) and then of the very doctoral thesis.
For the full-time students the instruction will be performed in full time allocation (12 contact hours per week), in compliance with the study curriculum.
For the time being, the instruction of the postgraduate doctoral study of kinesiology will be organised and realised as the part-time study during weekends, as a rule, in 5 cycles of three working days (Friday- Saturday-Sunday) for each semester.
4. Closing remarks
The proposed Curriculum of the Postgraduate Doctoral Study of Kinesiology at the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, is prepared in accordance with the accepted criteria of the National Council for Higher Education, the guidelines of the Council of Rectors of Institutions in Higher Education of the Republic of Croatia and the recommendations of the Committee of Teacher Education Studies.
THE PLAN OF INSTRUCTION, SCIENTIFIC OBLIGATIONS AND NUMBER OF CREDITS ACROSS THE SEMESTERS
Credit group Contact ECTS
1. 2. М1ІИИМ1 4. 5. 6. hours credits
I. 102 92 36 30 260 55
56 50 54 160 35
III. 6 12 12 12 12 6 60 20
■ * 20 20 20 20 30 40 120+30 70
Total CONTACT HOURS 128 124 124 112 96 46 630
Total DAYS 15 days 15 days 15 days 14 days 13 days 12 days 84 days
Total ECTS ciedits 23 23 30 32 34 38 180
